Saturday, May 28, 2011

Nith River Road Race

Another Sunday has come and gone and another race in the race schedule is done.

This past Sunday was the Nith River Road race in Wellesley close to Waterloo. We didn’t know the race distance until we were actually started racing it with only a maximum time showing up in the technical guide for our category of 2hrs. The course was 16.25k long with lots of rollers and some kind of technical corners aka more than 90 degrees. With that being said Mother Nature had to put her own touches on the race too. Basically half hour into the race she started to pour on us with extra treats of thunder and lightening and then on the last lap the rain finally started to subside.

Now for the race here we go I thought it was going to be like the previous weekend’s race with a slowish start to the race because almost half of the women’s field was at the UCI Gatineau races from Thursday to Saturday. Well that wasn’t the case as soon as the neutral start was done within the first couple of ks the first attacks happened…I learnt at this point I have to better place myself within the group to sit in with the front half of the race and not the back half if I want to stay somehow with those girls. Another lesson learnt. So then I was left in a group of 3 other girls to go around the course. Oh and then the rain started oh and the thunder. Oh gosh how this was a fun race. The group was one kalisto team member and 2 p-k team members and the one p-k member didn’t seem like she was having fun at all. Both of the p-k riders had done the Gatineau races and the one was fried. So in the end our group became 3. The weather got heavier and we kept on going around the course right til the end and then the sun came out for us to finish under.

One of these races I’ll figure out whose wheel is a good one to stick onto and then maybe I will finish with or actually have a chance at the end of the race.

So many things leant in this race that now all are stored up in my head for the next go around which will be the K-W Classic.

Sorry this race report is coming so long after the race but here it is. It was a busy tting kinda week. Many ks rode on my tt bike to get ready for nationals, which are coming up so quickly.